I am in the UK. I was booked in to have TKR on my right knee in 2003.I backed out at the last minute as my intuition was screaming at me not to have it.I had skin tests for allergies and found that I am allergic to nickel ,potassium chromate and balsum of peru (parfum) .I was booked in again in 2009 with a different surgeon,I prayed to spirit that this was the right decision and if not to get me out of it. I arrived at 7.00am at the hospital ward and was seen by an anaesthetist,my surgeon nowhere in sight.A registrar came running down the corridor and came to my bed.He told me that they had looked in my file and realised that the special nickel free part had'nt been ordered.I came home and made a formal complaint.My surgeon was still on holiday and the waiting list office had made a mistake and put me in earlier without checking my file!!! I have kept away from hospitals and doctors since and am healing my body with colour therapy,orange for knees.As long as you keep it up for the time needed it works really well!View Thread
Posted byAntaresana(FromJoint Replacement: Support Group)